Filling-machine.



J. DUDLEY.

FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAEA, 1912.

Patented June 24, 1913.

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J. DUDLEY. FILLING MACHINE.

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J. DUDLEY.

FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MABA, 1912.

Patented June 24, 1913.

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J. DUDLEY. FILLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MARA. 1912.

1,065,789. Patented June 24, 1913.

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JOB DUDLEY, OFHALIILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE SMITH, DUDLEY, STUART COMPANY, LIMITED, OF BUR-LINGTON; ONCE-ARId, CANADA.

FILLING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented J une24, 1913.

Application filed March 4, 1912. Serial No. 681,604.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Joe DUDLEY, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at L98 Main street east, in the city of Hamil ton, in thecounty of Ventw'orth, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filling-Machines,of which thefolljowing is a specification.

The invention relates to machines for filling vessels or containers withpredetermined or measured quantities of' any commodity and it has moreparticularreference to that type of machine for filling semi-fluid orglutinous substances into jars, vessels or the like;

The main object of my invention is to provide an improved constructionof filling machine which will in its operation enable the vessels orcontainers to be ,filjled rapidly and without waste or injury.

A further object is to provide improved means for accurately measuringthe quantity of substance filled, as Well as insure the prompt flow ofsaid substance to the series of vessels or containers to be filled sosoon as said vesselsor containers are adjusted to the filling position;

Another object is to provide an improved means whereby the inlet fromthe vat or tank is positively closed beforethe outlet to the vessels orcontainers to be filled is opened, and vice versa.

A still further object is to provide'a conveyer which is adapted to liftthe series of vessels or containers up to the measures for the purposeof filling.-

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain1mprovements,-and com binations and arrangements of parts, all as willbe hereinafter more fully described, and the novel features whereof areparticularly pointed out i'nthe appended claims.

Reference is to be had asthe description proceeds to the accompanyingsheets of drawings which illustrate my invention and in which similarcharacters designate the same parts throughout all the figures.

Figurel, is a diagrammatic plan of a filling machine embodying myimprovements parts being removed for the sake of clearness. F i9. 2,is-plan of the rotary table supporting means and its elevatingmechanism.-

Fig; 3, is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4, is a side elevation ofFig. 2. Fig. 5, is an enlarged detail view of the lower part of thecooling vat measuring valves and their operatiiig mechanism. Fig. 6, isa plan view of the same with parts broken away or in section for thesake of clearness. F ig. 7 is a similar plan to the preceding figureshowing the connections for operating the sliding bottom of the coolingvat. Fig. 8, is an enlarged detail viewof oneset of valvesandhereinafter more specifically referred to. 9, is a detail end view oftwo rows of valves in accordance with the preceding figure. Fig. 10, isa detail here inafter fully described.

According to the embodiment of my invention illustrated whichdiagrammatically illustrates a machine adapted for filling five poundjars with jam, and" referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4,inclusive, 1, is a supportingst'andard or base, which is recessed in itsupper part to form a support for the lower end of a vertical shaft orpillar 2. Mounted on and adapted to be rotat'ed about theshaft 2, is aflanged sleeve 3, to'the lower part of which is secured in any of thewell known Ways a skeleton framework, appropriately consisting ofradially disposed bars 4, 4, connected rigidly togetherby tie-pieces 5,5, and an encircling or circumferential bounding 6. At prede terminedand equal distances apart on the upper surface of the aforesaid table orskeleton framework I arrange three-for example-movable tables 7, 7,supported on spaced bearers 8, 8, secured to the bounding 6, andtiepieces 5, 5,11: of which will be readily comprehended on anexamination of the drawings. Each table 7, (Fig. 1) is preferablydivided' by spaced divisions 9, 9, into a series of compartments each ofwhich is adapted to receive one dozenfor example five pound jars 10, 10,arranged in a skeleton case of the well known type and adapted tocompactly contain said dozen jars for easy handling inbulk.

11, 11, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, are strong spaced standards 'on which issupported the vat or j am cooler 12, constructed from suitable materialand lined with sheet copper. These standards 11, 11, may be fixed to thefloor in any convenient manner and they are connected together by aspacing bar 13, bolted or riveted thereto at 14, 14.

15, is a bent strap or radial bar connecting the bar 13, rigidly to thesupporting standard 1, aforesaid, and 16, 16, are supporting feetcarried thereby.

17, 17, 17, is a skeleton frame secured rigidly between the bent strap15, 15, and the spacing bar 13, and it is provided with a cross bearer18. Transversely and horizontally in the frame 17, I mount oscillatoryshafts or spindles 19, 19, carrying crank arms 20, 20, which support ontheir free ends a skeleton platform 21, 21, for the purpose hereafter tobe explained. The outer ends of the shafts 19, 19, are fitted with cranklevers 22, 22, which in turn are connected to a bar 23, their points ofconnection therewith being through the medium of pins 24, 24, operablein slots 25, 25, therein. This bar 23, is mounted in vertically slottedguide brackets 26, 26, carried by the aforesaid spacing bar 13, and itis adapted for vertical and lateral movement by means of a hand lever 27pivoted at 28, on the spacing bar 13, and at 29, to the said bar 23.Thus it will be seen that by moving the lever to the right hand in Fig.3, the bar 23, will be lowered and through the connections 22, 22, 19,19, 20, 20, will lower the skeleton platform 21. A reverse movement ofthe hand-lever 27, will raise the platform 21, and it will be readilyunderstood that when one of the tables 7, is moved over said platform21, it can be raised and lowered thereby.

Any appropriate catch or locking means 30, 31, is provided for limitingthe movement of the bar 23; and it is to be under-- stood that a springlatch of any well known pattern is fitted in connection with thebounding 6, to arrest its movement when each table 7, is brought intoposition over the platform 21, said latch being manually or mechanicallyoperable.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 5 to 9 inclusive, the jamcooler 12, is fitted longitudinally on the inner face of its bottom withflanged guides, 32, 32, which house a perforated shutter or slide33,which is adapted, as hereafter explained, to open communication withthe measure 34, 34, suitably mounted beneath said cooler 12. Obviouslythe bottom 35, of the cooler 12, is similarly perforated to the slide33, and in order to open communication with the measures at the properperiods I attach to said slide draw rods or tubes 36, 36, (Fig.

, 7 passed through stuffing-boxes or glands 37, 37, provided for thepurpose in the one end of the cooler 12. The outer ends of the draw rods36, 36, are connected by couplers 38, 38, to a rod 39, which in turn isconnected to the upper slides 40, Fig. 10,- which is an enlarged detailof the inside of one of the side brackets 41, 41,-carrying the operatingmechanism, now to be clescribed. These side brackets 41, 41, arefurnished with upper and lower laterally projecting flanges 42, 43,respectively, and upper and lower horizontal slots 44, 45, 46, 47. Theupper slides 40, 40, are supported in situ in the side brackets 41, 41,by studs or pins 48, 48, fitted with anti-friction rollers passingthrough and working in the slots 45, while the-rod 39, is connectedthrough said slides and similarly fitted into the slot 44. 49,represents the lower slides fitting on the inner sides of the brackets41, 41, and they are guided and held in place by studs 50, 51, fittedwith antifriction rollers as above described. Transversely between thebracket 41, 41, I mount a freely revoluble shaft 52, which has keyedthereon gear wheels 53, 53, meshing with pinions 54, 54, carried by andfixed to a second shaft or spindle 55, mounted in appropriate journals56. One end of this latter shaft or spindle 55, is provided with anysuitable hand crank lever, or wheel, whereby it may be given a partialturn in either direction.

On the outer face of each gear wheel 53, 53, I provide a stop orstud'57, which lies in the 1 path of vertical grooves, 58, 59,respectively provided in the aforesaid upper andlower slides 40, 49.From the foregoing and on' more particular reference to Fig. 5, it willbe readily seen that by imparting a partial turn to the gear wheels 53,53, in a clockwise direction-by reversely turning the spindle 55the stud57, will be caused to travel upwardly in the slot 58, until the outerstud 48, contacts with the outer end of the slot 45, which practicallymeans a quarter turn of the wheel 53. A reverse movement of the wheelfrom the position shown in Fig. 5, will cause the stud 57 to descendinto the groove 59, and thereby move the lower slide 7 49, rearward oroutwardly from the cooling vat 12, as will be readily comprehended on acareful examination of the drawings. Attached On the outer ends of thestuds 50, 50, are connecting links 60, 60, which are united at theiropposite ends to common connectingrods or links 61, 61,which actuate thevalves controlling the fiow from the measures, 34, 34, above referredto.

62, 62, Figs. 8, and 9, are the casings of the controlling-valves abovereferred to and priately chamfered or tapered-off at 68, to

fit the necks or mouths ofthe vessels or containers to be filled:

From the drawings it will be seen that the form of macl'iine describedis' adaptedto fill 72 jars at one andthes'ame time by being providedwith twelve rows of valve casings 62, 2, each containing six separatecommunications 64, 64,wit-h the measures" 34, and "the method ofattaching said valve casings '62, 62, tothe' lower ends of said measures34, will be self ev'ident to those skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains. AirWrelief connections of any wellknown type arefitted in connection with each valve casingGQ, in rder thatth'e airforced out of eacli jar as it'isfilled'may beexhausted; or one commonair vent maybe provided in connection with each row or series of valvecasings 62, 62, by grooving theunderside of the sliding plate 33, andfitting the reon in COJHIHYlIliCZtt-lOll With each said row one commonair vent tube. Suitable liners or other appropriate attachments may beprovided in connection wit-lrthe measures 34, 34, to readily adapt sameto different measures of capacity, whereby the machine can be easilychanged to fill vessels or containers'of less than the aforementionedcontent to witrfive pound jars.

The operation of the machine is briefly as follows: J am or othersubstance is fed into the cooler or filler 12, in any of the well knownways. The rotatable or skeleton platform 4, 5, 6, carrying a series ofempty vessels or containers on each table 7, is then moved around on itsaxis, 2, until one of the said tables 7, is brought beneath the cooler12, and locked in position by the spring catch. As each table 7, ismoved into this position the lever 27, is moved over to raise said tableand the platform 23, until the necks of the empty vessels or containersare firmly jammed against the valve nozzles 68, 68, above described, andin order to avoid splashing or loss of material. The operator then opensthe valves 63 by turning the gear wheel 53, as above set forth, when themeasures 34, 34, discharge or empty their contents into the vessels orcontainers, the air therein contained exhausting in the well known way.When the measures 34, 34, have emptied their contents into the vesselsor containers the operator moves the hand crank or wheel controlling thegear wheels, 53, 53, to close the discharge from the measures 34, 34,and at the same time moves the slide 33, to open communication with thevat or cooler 12, as above described. This operatic-n closes all thevalves 63, of the measures 84, 84, underneath the vat simultaneously,whereupon the lever 27, is released or thrown back and the table 7,descended.

his table 7, and filled vessels or containers are then swung throughone-third of a revolution of the bounding 6, which brings intoposit-ion'the succeeding table of empty vessels'or containers to befilled. lVhile this table or series'of vessels is being filled-thepreceding series can be readily removed and the'third table filled withempty vessels or containers.

Thus it will be seen that by my invention I have devised a machinewhereby the triple operations of filling, removing filled, and feedingin a series of empty vessels or containers can be simultaneously carriedout with the attendant great saving in time and expense.

The present invention provides an exceedingly'simple but effectivefilling machine for rapidly and expeditiously filling a series ofvesselsor containers with liquid or semi-liquid commodities, and while it hasbeen specifically so described it will be understood that it is not tobe so limited. Furthermore it is obvious that the type of vessel to befilled may be of any appropriate kind, while the flow of the commodityinto and out of the measures 84, 34, takes place entirely by gravity,there being no force required to be applied thereon to cause its easydischarge into and through said measures. The machine is also extremelysimple and economical in construction, is capable of enormous capacityand is easily manipulated and the various parts being of easy accessgreatly commends it from a labor saving and sanitary standpoint.

The mechanism for handling the vessels or containers to be fitted isnovel and extremely simple and is claimed as invention, and again themeans for controlling the measuring and filling of the quantity ofmeasured commodity is claimed as novel, and I wish it understood thateither or both may be employed separately or with other handling orfilling means respectively.

Obviously the details of construction and the arrangement of the partsmay be considerably varied in their several combinations, and variousother applications may be had without in any way departing from thefield and scope of my invention, and it is intended to include all suchwithin this application wherein only one specific form has beenillustrated and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of thecharacter described,

rows of measuring chambers leading therefrom, a valve casing mountedupon the bot tom of each of said measuring chambers, a plurality oftubular valve members, there being one of said valve members passingthrough all of the valve casings of a row, means for actuating all ofsaid tubular Valve members simultaneously, said means comprising aconnecting link, a slide, a slot formed therein, a rotative member, anda' pin carried by said rotative member for engaging said slot to actuatesaid slide.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a "at,of a plu 'ality of measuring chambers leading therefrom, of a commoncontrolling slide to all of said measuring chambers located at the upperend thereof, controlling valves located at the lower ends thereof, acommon actuating member for all of said controlling valves, a pair ofslides to one of which the first named slide is connected, and to theother of which said actuating member is connected, each member of saidpair of slides having a vertical slot formed therein, said groovesalining with each other and being formed in adjacent edges of saidslide, a rotative member, and a pin carried by said rotative member andadapted .to engage in said slots to actuate .said slides.

In a device of the character described, the combination with a vat, of aplurality of measuring chambers leading therefrom, of a commoncontrolling slide to all of said measuring chambers located atthe upperend thereof, controlling valves located at the lower ends thereof, acommon actuating member for all of said controlling valves, a pair ofslides to one of which the first named slide is connected, and to theother of which said actuating member is connected, each member of saidpair of slides having a vertical slot formed therein, said groovesalining with each other and being formed in adjacent edges of saidslide, a rotativc member, and a pin carried by said rotative member andadapted to engage in said slots to actuate said slides, said measuringchambers being disposed in pairs of rows, and said controlling valvescomprising elongated tubular members, each of which serves to controlall of the measuring chambers of a row. 7

Signed at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,

this 15th day of February, 1912.

JOB DUDLEY. In the presence of- ALFRED T. BRATTON,

Gnnrm NICHOLSON.

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